Tag: Stephen Bray

  • Royal rethink required as duo depart

    Royal rethink required as duo depart

    No doubt there will be players who weren’t part of the Meath senior football panel this season will have caught the eye of Colm O’Rourke and his fellow mentors thus far in the local club championships and – if they aren’t called in directly – they will surely be aiming to utilise the Regional Championships…

  • O’Rourke completes backroom team

    O’Rourke completes backroom team

    Several additions to new Meath senior football manager Colm O’Rourke had several additions to his backroom team ratified at Monday night’s Co Committee meeting. The extra recruitment is headlined by the appointment of Paul Garrigan as team trainer, only weeks after the Oldcastle native stood down from a similar role with the county’s back-to-back All…

  • I’d gladly clean the toilets just to feel part of it

    I’d gladly clean the toilets just to feel part of it

    One night what’s a long time ago now, in Brady’s of Dunboyne, which sadly is more a memory for me than the mainstay it blessedly once was, the diesel tank in this seat was a little too full. At the time, Sean Boylan’s position as Meath senior football manager was up for ratification. For so…

  • BREAKING NEWS: O’Rourke to be next Meath boss

    BREAKING NEWS: O’Rourke to be next Meath boss

    The Management Committee of Meath GAA have recommended that Colm O’Rourke be put before the County Committee for ratification as Meath Senior Football manager. The legendary former Skryne and Royal County forward has long being linked with the Meath management position, but by now many might have felt that ship had sailed. Especially given that…

  • Passion, enthusiasm and the knowledge to back it up

    Passion, enthusiasm and the knowledge to back it up

    If you’ve ever been physically or emotionally invested in a sporting occasion, chances are the seminal moment in a given event may pass you by. Simply owing to being caught up in either joy or despair of whatever has just occurred. The point was made to somebody only recently that in the chaos that was…

  • Kelly and Callaghan Take Over U-20’s

    Kelly and Callaghan Take Over U-20’s

    The Dunderry duo of Sean Kelly and Barry Callaghan have stepped into the breach and assumed control of the county’s U-20 football team in the wake of the departure of Bernard Flynn and his backroom team from their roles last week. Both men enjoyed decorated careers in green and gold during their playing days –…